Master Gardener Annual Plant Sale – this Saturday, May 21st!
MASTER GARDENER ANNUAL PLANT SALE
Join us on May 21, 2022
April 21, 2022 (Barnstable, MA) – The Master Gardener’s Plant Sale returns as an in-person event on Saturday, May 21, 2022. Locally grown annuals, perennials, vegetables, and herbs will be sold from 9:00 AM to 1:00 PM at the Cape Cod Fairgrounds, Route 151, in Falmouth. The sale is held inside the Marketplace Building, accessible via the West Gate at Currier Road. Proceeds go towards the scholarship fund and public education events.
Master Gardener volunteers have begun growing many of the plants featured at the sale. According to Pamela Hill, Co-Chair of the Plant Sale Committee, the sale will include “unusually cultivated, hardy, and hard-to-find selections, including heirloom and blight-resistant tomato varieties. Hand-dug perennials, repotted in a sterilized potting mix, will also be available.”
This year’s selection includes pollinator-friendly native plants, affordable Hydrangeas and Rhododendrons, and a wide variety of perennials (including succulents and dahlias). Vegetable gardeners will be delighted with the variety of tomatoes, peppers, veggie starts, and over forty varieties of herbs for sale.
Members of the Master Gardener Association of Cape Cod are ready to provide everyone with the plants they need to enjoy the fruits of their labor all season long. Master Gardeners will be available to answer any questions you may have on the day of the sale. This is a rain or shine event so bring your sun hat or umbrella, and plan to get gardening.
ABOUT MASTER GARDENERS ASSOCIATION OF CAPE COD: The Master Gardener Program is a cooperative effort between Master Gardener volunteers and Cape Cod Cooperative Extension to provide science-based horticultural information to the residents of Barnstable County. Master Gardener volunteers provide education and services to the community promoting sustainable and environmentally sound gardening practices. The Master Gardener Association provides the means by which members increase their knowledge of and interest in gardening and related topics. Learn more at www.capecodextension.org
ABOUT CAPE COD COOPERATIVE EXTENSION: Cape Cod Cooperative Extension is the education department for Barnstable County. Educational programs focus on agriculture, marine resources, horticulture, aquaculture, natural resources, water quality, recycling, household hazardous waste, nutrition, food safety, youth development, and environmental education issues facing the county. Extension programs are conducted in Barnstable County in cooperation with the University of Massachusetts and The Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution–Sea Grant program. Learn more at www.capecodextension.org
MEDIA CONTACT
Laura Notarangelo, Administrative Assistant
(508) 375-6638
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